Feds provide $1 million to rehab farmworker housing
News-Register McMinnville nonprofit Community Home Builders has been awarded nearly $1 million in federal grant funds to rehabilitate 24 units of agricultural worker housing at Villa del Sol apartments in east McMinnville. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas announced the award of $956,333 from the
OREGON AND FOUR TRIBES EARN OVER $12 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS-GRID RESILIENCE
KQEN On Wednesday, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley as well as Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Val Hoyle announced that Oregon’s Energy Department has secured $10.9 million and four Tribes with members in Oregon have earned a combined $1.16 million in federal investment. A joint release said this is to
Americans bet $100 million on Trump v. Harris, but at what cost?
NPRAn election betting advertisement flashed on screen during coverage of former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden this weekend on the Right Side Broadcasting Network, a conservative media company. “Bet on the US election,” the ad for Kalshi said as Trump spoke on stage. “Bet $100 on Trump,
U.S. senators urge FDA to remove pod, cartridge-based e-cigarettes from market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Friday urged federal regulators to immediately remove all pod and cartridge-based e-cigarettes from the market until it can be proven the products are safe. In a letter to Ned Sharpless, acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
Overnight Health Care
Welcome to Friday’s Overnight Health Care. More vaping fallout: Walmart is taking a stance and will not longer sell e-cigarettes. And on Capitol Hill, senators want FDA to enact a near total ban immediately. Also on drug pricing, at least one House Democrat wants changes to Speaker Pelosi’s bill. We’ll
Merkley fields questions on CBD oil
SALEM — As appropriations bills get ready to hit the Senate floor, a $2 million appropriation for research on cannabidiol could guide Oregon farmers growing the crop. Cannabidiol, known more commonly as CBD, is a main component of hemp, which is on track to be a billion dollar crop for
Los legisladores instan a la FDA a retirar de inmediato el Juul y otros cigarrillos electrónicos del mercado
Un grupo bipartidista de senadores está instando al comisionado interino de la Administración de Drogas y Alimentos, Ned Sharpless, a retirar de inmediato la mayoría de los cigarrillos electrónicos del mercado, incluido el líder del mercado, Juul. Los senadores Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., y Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., enviaron una carta a Sharpless el viernes para presionar a la FDA para que elimine todos los
La senadora Merkley analiza nuevas iniciativas para las comunidades rurales
El Senador de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, anunció disposiciones en proyectos de ley que salen del Subcomité de Asignaciones del Senado para Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural que afectarán a Oregón y sus comunidades rurales el jueves e informó a los medios de comunicación de Oregón sobre los efectos locales. Merkley espera que varios de los proyectos de ley lleguen al pleno del Senado
Merkley impulsa la investigación para estudiar el olor a humo y el CBD
El senador Jeff Merkley dice que está abogando por millones de dólares en subvenciones para investigación que beneficiarán a dos de los principales cultivos del sur de Oregón. El demócrata de Oregón dijo que está presionando para obtener una subvención de investigación de $5 millones sobre la forma en que el humo de los incendios forestales afecta las uvas para vino, y $4,5 millones para investigar métodos para
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